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The Company is pleased to advise that Towngas has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors Hong Kong Ltd, in joint venture with Kaden Construction Ltd, a contract for the installation of submarine gas pipelines and associated facilities from To Kwa Wan to North Point in Hong Kong.  The scope of work involves: Laying of twin 450 mm diameter submarine gas pipelines across Victoria Harbour – approximately 3.2 km. The twin submarine pipelines will be installed and buried in one common trench below the seabed; Laying of 600 mm diameter land gas mains for approximately 1.1 km, from the proposed To Kwa Wan Gas Pigging station to the Intermediate Pressure B (IPB) Network; and Testing and commissioning Read more

McConnell Dowell is one of Australia’s leading pipeline contractors delivering pipeline projects all over the world. Since 1960, we have been successfully facing and overcoming challenges. The Pipelines business unit has delivered well over 100 pipelines and of these 40 were on an EPC or D&C basis, both locally and internationally. Our gas pipeline experience ranges up to 1300mm (50”) in diameter. Recent major water infrastructure pipelines have ranged up to 1800mm (70”) in diameter, demanding heavy equipment, heavy lifts, welding, deep trenches and tight easements.Projects undertaken have so often been in extremely challenging environments. These vary from environmentally sensitive areas, rural, remote and congested urban areas.The pipeline team are specialists Read more

The Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) Stage 5B Looping contract in Western Australia. The project includes 440 km of 26” pipeline construction looping the existing DBNGP pipeline spread from Loop 0 near Karratha to Loop 10 east of Bunbury, W.A. This is carried out in eleven separate loops. The initial two loops to be constructed (Loops 9 and 10) are adjacent to and North East and South of Perth respectively. Loop 10 is the first loop to be commenced closely followed by Loop 9 which runs through the Swan Valley which includes both residential and vineyard areas. Construction Read more

LinkWater, a new water infrastructure company formed by the Queensland Government in 2006 to manage the existing and long term potable water requirements of South East Queensland, awarded McConnnell Dowell, in joint venture, the Southern Regional Water Pipeline Project (SRWP). One of LinkWater’s most important tasks was to oversee the construction of a new water grid with the flexibility and capacity to move large volumes of water throughout the growing region. Read more

North Shore City Council awarded McConnell Dowell a design and construction contract for the new Rosedale Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Project in New Zealand. The new outfall will discharge high quality treated effluent from the plant 2.8 km out to sea into the Rangitoto Channel. MacDow's scope of work consists of the design and construction of a 3 km long (2.4 km onshore and 0.6 km offshore) TBM driven, segment lined tunnel with an internal diameter of 2.8 m. This connects to Read more

We are pleased to announce that the Southern Regional Water Pipeline Alliance Project (SRWP) was awarded runner-up status in the 2007 Chevron Health and Safety awards announced at the International Pipeline & Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) conference in Athens on 2 October 2008. The awards acknowledge companies who proactively prevent accidents and injuries on their projects and demonstrate outstanding safety results. The selection criteria included demonstration of proactive programmes and/or processes, unique innovations or initiatives to avoid accidents and well-defined systems, procedures or practices which Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that Dampier Bunbury Pipeline (DBP) has awarded McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd the DBNGP Stage 5B Looping contract in Western Australia. The project includes 440 km of 26” pipeline construction looping the existing DBNGP pipeline spread from Loop 0 near Karratha to Loop 10 east of Bunbury, W.A. This is carried out in eleven separate loops. The initial two loops to be constructed (Loops 9 and 10) are adjacent to and North East and South of Perth respectively. Loop 10 is the Read more

The Company is pleased to announce that the South Australia Water Corporation (SA Water) has awarded the Adelaide Desalination Transfer Pipeline Project to McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd in joint venture with Built Environs Pty Ltd. This significant award is the culmination of an extensive pre-qualification and early contractor involvement (ECI) process. The project includes the design and construction of the transfer pipeline system which will link Adelaide’s new desalination plant to its existing water supply. The scope of work Read more

The Company is pleased to announce the successful completion of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) works at Tanjung Priok, Indonesia on 14 February 2009 for PT Jakarta Tanker Terminal, a joint venture between Vopak and AKR. During the 11-hour pull back operation a 552 m long, 363 t pipe bundle consisting of nine steel and HDPE pipes ranging in diameter from 6 to 16 inches was pulled approximately 31 m below the sea bed. Read more

The Tahuna Ocean Outfall project in Dunedin, New Zealand was awarded the New Zealand Constructors Federation Award in Category 5 – projects exceeding $20 million – on Friday, 14th of August.The annual awards, which are open to all members of the New Zealand Contractors’ Federation, cover major civil engineering, construction and general contracting projects completed during the past year with judges paying specific attention to excellence in planning, control and quality by project teams.The project, which was completed in May 2009, included construction of a 510 m long tunnel from Tahuna Waste Water Treatment plant 250 m offshore beyond the surf zone. From this point a 1,000 m high density Read more